Our syllabus covers all aspects of language development, i.e. reading, writing, speaking, listening and comprehension. We aim to develop our pupils' competence, precision and confidence to help them to express their ideas more effectively.

Children are encouraged to use the well-stocked library, which is continuously updated, for project work and reference material. The school librarian prepares projects on local topics as well as international ones.

We use the Ginn-Abacus Mathematics Scheme, which is designed to cover all mathematical concepts and skills appropriate to the age and stage of development of the child. The work is both of a formal computational and practical nature.

Art education at IPS acknowledges the special role that this area of the curriculum has to play providing opportunities for our children to learn through art as well as to learn about art.

The curriculum for art provides a balance between art, crafts and designs; between two and three-dimensional work; and between the teaching and learning methods implied by the application of programme of study.

The emphasis throughout the curriculum in on art, craft and design. This applies both to the work that the children do and to the works of art they encounter and discuss. The children also consider works of art across variety of artistic traditions, cultures and time.

Although the official language in Mauritius is English, the spoken language is French and so all the children from Class 1, upwards, are required to study French. Our programme is one recommended by the 'CLE INTERNATIONAL'. There are two levels per class in French: (1) French first language (advanced students) (2) French second language (beginners and less fluent students.)

All classes have two music lessons a week. The music programme aims to develop musical skills through singing, listening, moving, playing and creating.

The children are also introduced to conventional music notation by learning to play the descant recorder and other classroom instruments; they are exposed to a wide range of musical styles. During the year there is an opportunity for the children to be involved in a musical production combining dramatic and musical skills.

In line with overseas educational developments, which have shown an increasing need for scientific thinking at both pre and primary school levels, we follow the Ginn Science and a technology programme at the school.

Drama isn't just about putting on plays! As we know from recent research a multi sensory approach to exploring a text increases the chances of motivating and engaging pupils. Drama can be used by teachers to actively focus, support and develop children's thinking skills; including those of inference and deduction used in reading comprehension. For the English teachers at IPS, we realize how speaking, listening and role-play have to be integrated into all literacy. To make sense of reading and writing, children need to learn using these three stimuli. Role-play is an integral part of learning for children of all ages, right from Nursery to top primary. It helps them to appropriate a text and enables them to reproduce it in written form. The mechanics of story writing are thus made clear.

In the future, drama will continue to play an integral part in our English curriculum from simple role-play in the classroom to stage productions.

Our physical education teacher is a champion athlete. The children are introduced to a wide variety of activities, which are designed to develop flexibility, strength and endurance. The course also aims to teach them the concepts of team sports and fair play and this is put into practice at our Sports Day, when all the children have the chance to participate. Swimming is a compulsory lesson in all classes except the kindergarten and Class

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